Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1905, Vol.2., BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II, English

Description : The item contains documents and correspondences of the Chamber for the year 1905. The General section includes : Army Administration, The Partition of Bengal, Presidency General Hospital. The Law and Legislation section deals with : Indian Paper Curremcy bill, Joint Stock Companies balance sheets, Petroleum Rules, Registration of Partnerships, Chief Judgeship Of Burma Chief Court, Bill to amend Court Fess Act, 1870; Bill to amend Bengal Tenancy Act, The Alluvion Bill, Indian Coinage Bill, Stamp Duty on Letters of Hypothecation, Indian Merchandise MArks Act, Indian Arbitration Act, 1899; Bill to amend Indian Factories act, 1881; Bill to amend Court of Wards Act, 1879; Stamps of hare Transfer; Registration of British Ships in British India; Bill to amend Calcutta Port Act, Bengal Smoke Nuisance Bill, 1904; Stamp Duty on Labour Contract. The Customs Section include : Wastage allowance on Salt, Customs duties, tarrif valuation on cotton, sugar. The Marine section comprises of the following issues : marine insurance policy rates, inland navigation, scale of provisions for Arab and other native seamen, dock shipments, treatment of Lascars, Status of Eurasians as seamen, plague regualations at Penang and Singapore, native Passenger Ships' Act, 1887; pris International Sanitary Conference, 1903; issues related to Pilot Service. The Municipal Section deals with : Tolly's Nullah, widening of the Kalighat bridge, extermination of rats in connection with Plague, The Office of coroner of Calcutta, Calcutta Improvemnet Scheme. the Telegrpahs section includes : metereological weather warnings by menas of wireless telegraphy, reuter's service of commercial telegrams. The Financial section includes : treatment of light coin, inland money orders. The railway section deals with : The railway board, proposed railway bridge over the Bhagirathi river at Azimgunj, railway rates for jute. The Miscellaneous section deals with : Convention with Japan, Presidency General Hospital, the Labour question, proposed river police for Bengal, French import tarrif on Silk goods, working of telephone service, proposed standard time, the gopashtami festival, jute forecasts, commercial education, list of estabishments, members, committees and reports.
Title : Report of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries for the year 1905, Vol.2.
Reference Number : BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II
Digital file name(s)(.pdf) : BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II.pdf
Digital file name(s) tiff : BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_336
Digital file name(s) jpeg : BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_001 to BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_336
Digital folder name : BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II
Ancillary Title : nil
Volume and issue number : 1905, Vol.2
Date(s) : 1905
Extent (Pagination) : pp I to pp IV (Content), one page without pagination, pp 1 to pp 650
Volume and issue number : 1905, Vol.2
Medium of copies : Photographed digital images [24 bit, 400 dpi, uncompressed, colour, Tiff]
Medium of original material : Paper, printed in black and white
Creator(s) - Author(s) : BCCI Committee
Publisher : City Press
Place of Publication : 12, Bentinck Street, Calcutta
Subject : Yearly financial report of the BCC&I, Economics, Finance, Colonial history, Calcutta under the British
Physical Condition : The Spine of the item is broken, worm eaten, presence of foxing marks, discoloured pages.
No of Leaves : 325 + 4 binding pages + cover + spine
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] With cover : 24.7 x 15.5 x 4
Dimensions (LxBxW)[in centimeters] Without cover : 23.9 x 15 x 3.1
Note on item : A portion of the page at the margins has been torn (as in BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_054). Black spots are present in BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_127 to BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_129. Certain pages towards the end of the document are worm-eaten. Ink marks are present in the document (for instance, from image BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_209 to BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_210). Adhesive marks are present in BCCI_Report_1905_Vol_II_328. The document contains an oversized page.
Languages of material : English
Scripts of material : Roman
Contributor(s) - Owners of the original material : The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries
Creator(s) of digital copy : Aki + Amritesh + Arnab + Sujata + Soumashree + Chandrima
Catalogued by : Sayan
Date(s) of the digital copy : 23-Jun-14
Place where copy was made : SCTR, JU, Kolkata
Present storage location : BCC&I Kolkata
Software : Canon EOS Utility , Adobe Lightroom 5
Hardware : Canon EOS 60D
Keywords : Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Trade Records, Colonial Trade Records, Imperial Trade Records, British Trade Records in Kolkata, British Raj in Kolkata.